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2023-08-12

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Gadar 2
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Gadar 2

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Gadar 2, subtitled on-screen with The Katha Continues, is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language period action drama film directed by Anil Sharma and written by Shaktimaan Talwar. The sequel to Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), it stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, and Utkarsh Sharma, all reprising their lead roles from the original, w…

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Jailer
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Jailer may refer to:Prison officer, sometimes known as "jailer" Prison warden, official term in the U.S. state of Kentuc…

Oppenheimer (film)
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Oppenheimer (film)
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Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follo…

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OMG 2
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On This Day

10 events
2016
Taedonggang_Brewing_Company
The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.
2000
Russian_submarine_Kursk
Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing 118 people.
1990
Faith,_South_Dakota
Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured).
1985
Japan_Air_Lines_Flight_123
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (aircraft involved pictured) crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board, including singer Kyu Sakamoto, in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster.
1969
The_Troubles
The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.
1952
Night_of_the_Murdered_Poets
Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.
1945
Smyth_Report
An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.
1914
World_War_I
World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of Belgium.
1883
Quagga
The last known quagga (example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.

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